Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-09-24
FUreign Correspondence
LETTER PROM MISS MAGGIE IInL.

remarkable railway ever constructed
and has only been entirely completed
within the last five wears. 1t runs 10y
lakes Luccrnc, l.agtmo, Maggiorc aud
others, much smaller bat equally beat.
timl. through the great ST Gathard
tunnel into the Italian part of Swit1er
land commonly mistaken for ltaN)
on TO the frontier town Chase, thence
! TO Milan. itwmds around mountains,
on terraces, almost to the top, then
/ dcsccnls, in The same way, crossing II
self repeatedly; passes through Eumcy-
Gus tunnels and over yaWning chasnS.
upon bridges of startling height, II
was Notwithstanding through
>now-capped mountains, reaching up
through white clouds, and apparently
| dissolving in the blue sky beyond,
while rejecting every hue and color
/ in the bright sunlight that bcamed mp
on them. Now aud then toaming tor
rents came plUnging perpendicnlarly
/ down the mountain side, and were lost
III deep, dark, rayines beneath. | do
not remember the exact length Of the
great tunnel, bnt it took just iity-tiyc
! minutes 10 pass through IT,
One of the conductors WAS a very
annI.o ltrcnrh auc,tiy ANA WINS ,uiI1
! IlnnG o,1 .,conmn1niin,r sn ynn-
"mno1 w. nsl him Sn,no,lin, ohnu, thn
early history of this great railway, Ike
stated that the idea oi building the
, ,u',r vas trovrIlinu tLrouoh tbr.r
, 80, ;", son,r yrnrs o,,n md no..
"an,o Ina,,iy >;nnrcssnd with ,ho fact
T'I II v,nI IA NE lnuIornl that surh
r'nnn;r nnu, srcncrv should be druied
' ~ 'inn,snn1. n, ,,nrcr;,,ivc mamie
,h, haI MA, ,hr limo or nancy pcrrs.
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o',S nUi a. H. I'M hn nl,nnnG
"on %',, !, on ~ n ru
'"l Nv ~ ,.i'ims hnfnrn ranjtal;s ts and
w. .,,yornmnu,s Interested ninth ,Le
~, ro'y ,,,. nru,In,nI on'I tEn rnnI
oo"',,,,, Thn Jnn, Tunnel lad rn,
,, o,",,'l ,,,,nrs hocn tho Ironm nf ilo
,.""! tu ~" ,u;''h, n,oro ,lnso}r ,r;t,
NV, ,no - Co ,,, anI i,,lia, r,ninn. ~,
,,'u .,,o,i"nJ Warr n,o,,nnnraJ a,
both ends at the same time, and fol
: years and wears they struggled on, cue
: ting away the lard rock towards Gael
f other, bat constantly rearing that ono
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H., H. ,,',t n,rnr ana moar
l,'''' t." ~, .,ri,tM iI'4 ,,,a,n,,,',,
=, sound Of the picks could be heard by
both parties their voices could be de
: tccied, and At lat a hole. large enough
to shake hands though, was made: Al
were happy, and The great cnlerpTs,
was soon finished, with 40 aeriou
mistakes.
had no trouble whatcHcr, in tray
Cling alone, Whenever desired IN!
T. information hailed tue the first Off
: cial that appeared, aud addressed hin
/ first in English, thrn III French, if b
. did not understand, and at last il
German; if he failed looked ~
another. One never loses sigat ct TIA,
= magic power Of ccnlmcs in This coHu
c try: for they net only aid greatly il
= having your Language understood, bu
& are i'i''VciS''''' J." N',,'I ,''a IN "t'g
:, a'cI'''o"' even III ''''''''''o ~ ''''"'' '''o
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ei!oh!n !" Set VIC '",,'''''"I' "','' -
Nlht' : iA'' supper we '"''tL ",j'l
,! very lhHcH "''lec" 1 Nv chi I..,, II,
.. ava not impress me as btlUL very III